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Why Spotify acquired song guessing game Heardle

Spotify on Tuesday acquired a song guessing game, which could help fans discover music and spend more time on the platform.

Los Angeles Times

Spotify Slows Down On Hiring Amid Macro Uncertainties

Spotify Technology S.A. (NYSE:SPOT) slowed hiring by 25%, CNBC reports based on a companywide email from CEO Daniel Ek. However, he added the company would “continue to still hire and grow, we are just going to slow that pace and be a bit more prudent with the absolute level of new hires over…

Benzinga

The Joe Rogan Effect Continues: Spotify Debuts 'Safety Advisory Council' To Address Thorny Content

The brouhaha concerning Joe Rogan’s podcast that scalded over earlier this year continues to resonate as Spotify Technology SA (NYSE: SPOT) announced the formation of a “Safety Advisory Council” designed to offer third-party input on problematic content and online behavior.<

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Spotify says it's ready to take on the audiobook market

The audiobook industry is now worth even more than the podcasting industry.

Input

Spotify Aims for a Billion Users by 2030

Audio streaming platform Spotify said Wednesday it is aiming to have one billion users by 2030 as well as an annual revenue of $100 billion in a decade. Co-founder and CEO Daniel Ek, speaking at an investor day event in New York, said the ambitious goal could be achieved in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Why Spotify Stock Is Surging Today

Spotify Technology S.A. (NYSE: SPOT) shares are trading higher Wednesday following the company's investor day presentation.

Benzinga

Arsenal count cost of failed Daniel Ek takeover as Spotify owner to finance Ruben Neves transfer

La Liga giants Barcelona are reportedly the frontrunners in the race to sign Wolves midfielder Ruben neves

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Kroenke declaration, failed takeover - One year on from Arsenal's European Super League debacle

Latest Arsenal news takes a closer look at what's happened to the club a year on from the short-lived new European Super League proposal

Football London

What Barcelona's £235m Spotify sponsorship deal means for Daniel Ek and Arsenal takeover

Spotify CEO Daniel Ek has previously expressed interest in buying Arsenal from Stan Kroenke

Football London

Arsenal set to miss out on £236m transfer windfall as Daniel Ek makes Barcelona decision

Barcelona are set to accept a sponsorship offer that was originally on offer to Arsenal

Football London

Neil Young tells Spotify workers to quit before their souls are eaten alive

Neil Young exhorted Spotify staff on Monday to become part of the “great resignation,” urging them to quit the morally compromised streaming service “before it eats up your soul.”

Tribune News Service

Neil Young tells Spotify workers to 'get out of that place'

Neil Young isn't satisfied with urging his fellow musicians to join him in taking their music off the streaming service Spotify

The Independent UK

Barcelona's iconic Nou Camp could be re-named as part of £236m sponsorship

Barcelona are closing in on a lucrative sponsorship deal with music platform Spotify in an arrangement which could see the club's iconic Nou Camp face a rebrand

Daily Mirror

Neil Young to Spotify workers: ‘Get out before it eats your soul’

Young continues stand against streaming company, pinpointing CEO Daniel Ek for criticism

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Mary McNamara: Spotify knows Joe Rogan's podcast is hurtful, but gosh, there's money to be made

Spotify just announced its newest podcast, "Sorry, Not Sorry," in which billionaire CEOs discuss the most effective ways to seem to apologize for profiting from content that is offensive in historically oppressive ways without actually doing anything about it.

Wales Online

Covid briefing: Eight things you need to know as masks and Covid pass rules reviewed in Wales

Health Minister Eluned Morgan will be giving the latest update on coronavirus at lunchtime on Tuesday

Evening Standard

Neil Young urges Spotify employees to leave company before ‘it eats your soul’

Neil Young has urged Spotify employees to leave the company "before it eats up your soul" in the latest stage of his campaign against the streaming giant.

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Spotify CEO is sorry about Joe Rogan, but not sorry enough to remove him

Daniel Ek is 'deeply sorry' his employees continue to be affected by the Joe Rogan discussion... but he's not planning to do much about it.

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Spotify doesn't want to be right. It wants to be too big to cancel.

And CEO Daniel Ek has made clear he thinks Joe Rogan will help the company get there.

The Independent UK

Joe Rogan personally removed 113 podcast episodes from Spotify after ‘his own reflections’, CEO says

Daniel Ek also said that he didn’t believe in ‘silencing’ podcaster

USA Today Sports Media Group

Spotify CEO condemns Joe Rogan’s comments, but says silencing him isn’t the answer

In the wake of controversy surrounding recent guests, as well as past racial slurs, Joe Rogan still has the backing of his biggest platform.

Los Angeles Times

Spotify's CEO apologizes to employees over Joe Rogan controversy

LOS ANGELES — Seeking to quiet the furor over Joe Rogan, Spotify Chief Executive Daniel Ek issued an extraordinary memo to employees Sunday, apologizing for the drama they had to endure surrounding the controversial podcast host.

Evening Standard

Spotify chief Daniel Ek says ‘silencing Joe Rogan is not the answer’

The platform recently took down 113 episodes of The Joe Rogan Experience amid controversy over the comedian spreading Covid misinformation and his use of the N-word

Evening Standard

Spotify CEO Daniel Ek ‘deeply sorry’ for Joe Rogan’s ‘incredibly hurtful’ use of the n-word

The boss of Spotify has apologised to staff after footage surfaced of the platform’s star podcaster Joe Rogan using a racist slur.

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: France hopes for ‘historic solution’ to Ukraine crisis

Macron is optimistic ahead of meeting with Putin, despite the US saying Russia could invade ‘tomorrow’. Plus, meet the teens of the Banned Book Club

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